Hail, Iberia
- When
- June 15, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Iberia County, 1 mi S of Lydia
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 30.233, -91.833
Hail in Louisiana, June 15, 2005
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 9:00 AM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 9:00 AM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1000 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2005 .SYNOPSIS...LAND BRZ MOVG OFF THE COAST THIS AM AS THE BOTH RADARS REMAIN QUIET. SFC TEMPS TO CLIMB TOWARDS THE MID 90S WITH THE AFTN HEAT INDEX EXPECTED AROUND 103 TO 107 DEGREES. SHWRS AND TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THE LCH SOUNDING THIS AM HAS PRECIP WATER AROUND 1.85 INCHES AND CAPES ABOVE 4400J/KG. THIS LATEST SOUNDING FROM LCH FINALLY LOOKS NORMAL AS THE PRECIP WATER HAS CLIMBED OVER THE LAST FOUR DAYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 95 76 94 76 / 30 10 20 20 KBPT 95 76 94 76 / 30 10 20 20 KAEX 96 72 95 72 / 30 20 20 20 KLFT 96 75 95 75 / 30 10 20 20 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. && K. KUYPER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 5:00 AM CST, 9 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 600 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2005 GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 161100- ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-EVANGELINE- HARDIN-IBERIA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE- LOWER ST. MARTIN-NEWTON-ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST. LANDRY-ST. MARY-TYLER- UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE... NEWTON...KOUNTZE...JASPER...BEAUMONT...OBERLIN...ABBEVILLE... VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...MARKSVILLE... LEESVILLE...LAKE CHARLES...LAFAYETTE...JENNINGS...DERIDDER... CROWLEY...CAMERON AND ALEXANDRIA .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY.. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS, HAM RADIO OPERATORS, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS... WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY. LGE
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 15, 2005
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Kansas, June 15, 2005
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 15, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 15, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 15 to 16, 2005
- Heat in South Carolina, June 15, 2005
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 15, 2005
- Flash Flood in New York, June 15, 2005
- Drought in Illinois, June 15 to 30, 2005
- High Surf in Hawaii, June 15 to 17, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 15, 2005
- Drought in Illinois, June 15 to 30, 2005
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, June 2005
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5460595.